About the Author

Nathan D. Gibson is a Ph.D.candidate in the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University and a performing musician. He splits his time between Bloomington, Indiana, and Helsinki, Finland, and records for the Goofin' Records and El Toro Records labels. Additional information on his research and music is available at www.nathandgibson.com.|Don Pierce (1915-2005) was the president and co-founder of the Starday music label.